Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

New York counties
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The Church of St. Mark, Brooklyn, New York (1838- )
Chicago American Giants, 1910, With Rube Foster in the Dark Suit
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The Chicago American Giants (1911-1956)
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Henry Jay Lewis (1932-1996)
Benjamin Harrison Hill
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Benjamin Harrison Hill (1903-1971)

Explore Global African History

Map Showing Hannibal's Route of Invasion into Italy
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Hannibal Barca (247 B.C.E.-183 B.C.E.)
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Antananarivo, Madagascar (1600s- )
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Niamey, Niger (1902- )
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Patient Zero: Thomas Eric Duncan and the Ebola Crisis in West Africa and the United States

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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A Marxist Scholar Analyzes the American Legal System
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Garveyism Looks Toward the Pacific: The UNIA and Black Workers in the American West
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Remembrance in the Cemetery: In Search of “The Accidental Slaveowner”
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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963: One Participant Remembers

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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